I remember watching permies video on house heating. I'm wondering about a SMALL house. Night time would be in a mummy bag, so no power needed them. Hopefully would use a remote control to "fire up" the space heater right before getting out of bed.

I wouldn't need conduction like in the permies video for on the computer/sitting in the chair. Of course I'd like to tie this into the ideas in the book Early Retirement Extreme and would like to have a heating bill as low as possible.

Will a hair dryer draw have less cost to run then a space heater? I thought I saw a documentary on bums who had a hair dryer to heat a small shelter.

In that case you might consider something like this with something like this.

Lots of options, but I, too, would prefer something either wall mounted or low temperature, like an oil-filled radiant heater over your typical space heater that can easily have the blankets kicked over it, etc.

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Well, hot air rises, so you still want it low, but you might be able to build a cubby hole for it or something. My only concern is they get moves somewhere dumb when they're off, come on in the middle of the night, and they're facing a wall or pile of clothes or something and the next thing you know, you have a disaster.

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Carefully consider the costs and benefits of a vegetarian diet; it could be a big missed steak.

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By the way Scottman, don't let anyone sell you on a "more efficient" electrical heater. They all convert 99.9% plus of the electricity to heat, and that is it. They may get the heat to you a little better (like an electric blanket), but they can't convert any more than all of the electricity to heat. The only thing that gets around this is a heat pump, but the price for those goes up quickly.

Endurance has some very good points about mounting things low and being aware of fire hazards. You know how you use the space and you will know best how to optimize.

I'm sure you have figured this out already but add as much insulation as possible...then add more and more...maybe a mylar type material as well...but keep in mind you will need to have X air changes to provide oxygen...that's the kicker. I helped build a 180sq ft hunting shack for a friend, it was basically hay bales with a little wood/tin sheeting. It has an old wood stove in there and believe when i tell you one armful of wood is enough for the winter nights in E.Wa where it frequently dropped in the single digits when hunting last year.

Simple as heat in/out...the human body alone give's off roughly 400-500Btu's Hr...a little less when sleeping and a little more when active.

I like the idea of fire as well. Look up the Kimberly Wood Stove. It was designed for use in boats, but it also has turned out to be useful in rvs and cabins. It produces up to 40,000 BTUs. You can burn any kind of biomass cleanly.

Side benefit - You can easily rig it to produce electricity.

The initial cost is high though. It looks like they run approx. $4,000.